Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc.

 

Librarians embarking on the challenge of building a digital collection have their work cut out for them – and here is the book to help launch and complete the mission! Easy to understand, this guide demonstrates how resources are created, distributed, and accessed – and how librarians can keep up with the latest technologies for successfully completing these tasks. Chapters walk you step-by-step through all of the stages. This book offers detailed advice for:

* Planning for and assessing the purpose of your digital repository
* Acquiring, processing, classifying and describing digital content
* Storing documents
* Choosing a platform
* Specific technologies useful to digital repositories (XML, SOAP, and more)
* Sharing data
* Federated searching of repositories
* Understanding information-access issues
* Analyzing repository use
* Migrating to new platforms and accommodating new types of data

Librarians looking for a timely, comprehensive guide to creating a digital collection will find this book an invaluable resource.

Instructors: Interested in adopting this textbook? Neal-Schuman Publishers is happy to tell you more about the book or arrange an exam copy. E-mail textbook.consultant@neal-schuman.com for more information.

 "...if you are interested in getting into the digital repository game or just want to understand it, you should buy this book."
-- Serials Review 35 (2009)
 
"...offers clear and concise guidance...written in an easy-to-read style, covering both the fundamentals of a digital library as well as the technical aspects involved....This manual makes a solid addition to the "How-To-Do-It Manuals" series. It would prove beneficial to librarians, students, project managers, and archivists working on creating a locally owned digital repository. It would be a solid addition to a variety of public and academic libraries as well as archival collections."
-- ARBA, March 2009
 
"A good place to start and a place to return throughout the life of your digital library...a welcome practical addition to the literature. "
-- Legal Information Alert
 
"This is an excellent introductory text on digital libraries and would be a beneficial addition to the shelf of anyone working with digital libraries."
-- Collection Management, October 2008
 
"For librarians who are weighing the costs and considering the ways of organizing a repository of electronic materials, this book provides essential direction and advice. Highly recommended to any library considering digitization."
-- Catholic Library World, September 2008
 
"Librarians who are more interested in the content of digital libraries than the infrastructure will be grateful to the authors for writing this important work for their computer-savvy colleagues."
-- Booklist, September 2008
 
"A welcome and strongly recommended reference for inclusion into Library Science curriculums and library staff on-site training programs."
-- Midwest Book Review, March 2008
 

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